I know it’s obvious from the picture, but I never realized DeLoreans were stainless steel, which is very rare for vehicles made in the past half-century. DMC DeLorean Wikipedia here

Other DeLorean oddities:

  • The car did not vary design by year, but rather by production batch, making it hard to identify a DeLorean’s year from its design
  • The car was expensive for its time ($25,000-$34,000 in 1982-1984) and sold as a GT style car, despite being relatively slow (0-60 in approx. 8.8-10sec)
  • “A total of four recalls were issued by the factory to correct problems such as a sticking throttle, front-suspension issues and an inertia switch”
  • “The original 80-amp Ducellier alternator supplied with the early-production DeLoreans could not provide enough current to supply the car when all lights and electrical options were on; as a result, the battery would gradually discharge, leaving the driver stranded on the road.”
  • @mtcerio@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Doc says the stainless steel bodywork is the reason he chose that car as time machine, when Marty is surprised to see it.

    • @davidgro@lemmy.world
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      761 year ago

      “Besides, the stainless steel construction made the flux dispersal…(watch beeps) Look out!”

    • HubertManne
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      141 year ago

      In the mad magazine send up he said its because John DeLorean almost did time